All options open for by-polls: Tariq Karra

Srinagar : Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hamid Karra on Saturday said that all options are open for the party regarding the Budgam and Nagrota by-polls.

In response to a question on whether the Congress will field candidates from both the Budgam and Nagrota seats, Karra, as per news agency said, “All options are open. I have submitted my report to the central leadership, and they are reviewing it.”

He admitted that the National Conference has offered them the Nagrota seat. “They have offered it to us. We have presented our case before the central high command, and we are waiting for their response,” he said.

When asked whether Omar Abdullah’s statement on smart meters would be a problem for the party, Karra said it was for the National Conference to explain. “We don’t have any issue with it. That was not in our manifesto. It is for them to explain what they had said earlier and what they are saying now,” he said—(KNO)